FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Toxicodendron diversilobum | Poison-Oak 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Poison-oak's primary postfire regeneration strategy is vigorous
sprouting from the root crown and/or rhizomes [16,46,68].

Fire is not required for poison-oak seed germination.  Keeley [37],
however, reported a significant (p<0.001) increase in germination when
seeds were exposed to charate.  Postfire seedlings probably originate
from both soil-stored seed and fresh seed dispersed by birds.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tall shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Toxicodendron diversilobum | Poison-Oak